Institute for Educational Leadership

Center for workforce development since 1991, the center for workforce development (cwd) has helped public and private sector leaders promote career readiness and successful transitions to adulthood for all youth - with a special focus on youth with disabilities and other disconnected youth - by increasing the capacity of and connections among all stakeholders in the workforce development system. Cwd's research, training, technical assistance, and materials focus on: assisting educators, workforce development professionals, employers, and policymakers in bridging school and workplace, learning and earning; establishing standards, assessments, and tools to improve quality, connections, and collaborations; improving the involvement and relationship of employers to learning and training enterprises and the broader workforce development system; assisting youth and their families in navigating the road to adulthood, from school to additional education, careers and independent/community living; and, promoting the development of career pathways for youth service professionals. Major initiatives of the center for ...

Center for Leadership and policy over its more than 50-year history, iel has developed and supported leaders as they enhance their capacity to work across institutional boundaries, increase their professional and policy knowledge and expand their networks. This center's work focuses on: building and strengthening peer learning and action networks among leaders across sectors to build systemic capacity; informing leaders to make good policy choices and improvements; and, enabling leaders to move policy to effective practice. Major initiatives of the center for Leadership and policy include: the education policy fellowship program (epfp) - in continuous operation since 1964 - is iel's flagship Leadership development program, focusing on participants' Leadership, policy, and networking abilities. Nearly 8,500 leaders across all 50 states from early childhood development, k-12, and higher education have participated in epfp, as well as people from other child, youth, and community support systems. They now serve as leaders in ...

Center for family, school and community for nearly 20 years, iel has assisted schools, communities, and other key stakeholders in building intentional partnerships that achieve better results for every young person, from early childhood to adulthood. The center's research, policy, and network development focuses on: identifying and conducting research on school-community connections; cultivating networks and opportunities for local collaboratives to improve practice, share successes, and improve results for children, families, and communities; and, developing policies at all levels of government that support joint action to improve outcomes for children, families, and communities. Major initiatives of the center for family, school and community include: the coalition for community schools, in operation since 1997, is a national alliance that brings together school and community leaders to advocate for schools as centers of their communities, with purposeful results-focused partnerships at their heart. With the support of a steering committee representing education, youth development, ...